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Long Beach City College acknowledged and awarded five students in receiving the highest award labeled the “Viking Award” and celebrated with drinks, food, and cake in the Valhalla room in building E on Nov 29.
The Viking Awards have been given for the past 20...

For the upcoming spring 2019 semester, Los Angeles City College is implementing guaranteed classes, a new formula to increase enrollment and graduation rates.
A presentation was held at Long Beach City College about this formula, and it may be coming to LBCC in the future....

A car crash happened around Wednesday morning on E Conant St & Clark Avenue, on the southeast side of Veterans stadium.
Three cars were involved, and there was no injuries at the scene.
Two four door sedans and a pickup truck collided.
Yesterday, afternoon a police...

Campus police responded to a call on Nov. 29 regarding a homeless woman who entered the cafeteria, grabbed some food items, was unable to pay for them, and then sat down to eat.
The woman initially attempted to pay for the food with some sort...

During the fall semester of 2019, LBCC students have the opportunity to be involved in the new Trades and Industrial Technology Department.
Gene Carbonaro, Dean of Career Technical Education, and Anthony Pagan, Associate Dean of Career Technical Education, worked with department faculty members to...

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A police chase ended around noon on Tuesday at Carson Street & Clark Avenue, on the southeast side of the LBCC liberal arts campus.
The suspect was wanted for robbery with a knife, according to authorities.
According to a Yolanda Fernandez who witnessed the event,...

In wake of the most recent wildfires in California, universities have extended their fall 2019 application deadline to Dec.15.
With applications originally due on Nov. 30, California State Universities, University of California campuses, and private universities have extended their application deadline.
“​With many prospective students,...

Being required to take math or English courses that a student placed into will be a thing of the past come spring 2019. By requiring California community colleges to comply with Assembly Bill No. 705, students will no longer be required to take math...

Correction: An earlier version of this story misspelled the name of English Professor Kathryn McMurray.
Almost a month and a half after the union president complained to the Board of Trustees that the Office of Student Discipline and Conduct failed to address cases of student...

Guest speaker Michael Swartz, the San Diego County Gun Owners President, will be discussing why gun control fails in America and the policies advocated for may not always work in certain situations on Tuesday.
Swartz will specifically discuss how gun control has not prevented crimes...

Published continuously since 1927, the Viking News is the official student news organization of Long Beach City College. The award winning newspaper publishes Spring, Summer and Fall semesters and is online and on social media daily. The Viking is part of the Journalism curriculum of the English department.